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Process. i think the administration has taken this far more seriously than their predecessors have. the business relationships that are being strengthened with japan, our security relationships are being strengthened, japan obviously feels very threatened by kim jong un and his fanatical regime but i think at the end of the day, choking off their resources, china represents the bulk of the resources that end up in north korea. that has got to be the immediate end goal. i dont think we are all th...

They have a long distance to go together. what would you tell them? >> there is a long distance between u.s. and russian priorities in the world right now. if you look at the obama administration and the bush administration, both of them started off thinking that they could do better with putin than their predecessor. both of them halfway through their administrations realized the putin regime is set up in a particular way that makes it very difficult for them to deal with. and so the recommenda...

Trumps behavior, but also that of biden and chaeney who did no forge a relationship with each other and had no contact. the association of predecessors effectively positioned him as the highest profile link to trump and the washington establishment. currently frequently at odds with it. it could also change the position for his boss. who places a high value on loyal loyalty. target of criticism from both former. one of the ufrs sthe. excused in the bribery trial of senator bob menendez speakin...

To talk to someone like stephen miller, whos in the white house and around and involved in any number of meetings or decisions or discussions. >> and lets finally talk about, you know, joe bidens been in the news a little in the last week. you wrote, co-wrote a story on nbcnews.com, mike pence has been talking to former vice-presidents joe biden and dick cheney about once a month? >> interesting, but mike pence, despite donald trump, you know, not having a relationship with barack obama or georg...

Predecessors from both parties -- >> in congress from time to time you saw another bill introduced. part of the issue is given that the united states has come to the realization that china is really important to the north korea solution, does beijing have a little more of an edge than it did a little while ago? >> it certainly seems to with this president. ever since he was a candidate, donald trump has believed that china would fix the north korea problem for us. meaning that because china supp...

For the weekend. expecting drier conditions and ro look for the next round of rain and snow coming into the weekend. look at forecast for today. cold air. look how chilly it is. chicago, high temperature. of course the windchill is going to make it colder than that. windchill after really plunging forward as we work way into the weekend. feeling it here in new york and stay cold as we go to sunday as well. president trump been a freaked critic of predecessors publically clashing with barack ob...

In drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. welcome back. im stephanie ruhle. while president trump has clashed with his predecessors, mike pence has done the opposite. hes stayed in close contact with joe biden and dick cheney. one of the reporters on this exclusive story is back with me. carol, i kind of love this club, how does it work?

Working. >> i dont blame china. after all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens. i give china agreement credit. >> reporter: those words a far cry from his rhetoric on the campaign trail. >> china is taking our jobs, our money, our base, our manufacturing. >> we cant continue to allow china to rape our country. >> reporter: on the edge of tiananmen square inside the great hall of the people today, president trump didnt fault ...

Thats whatter wae doing. faki taking our jobs, money. what theyve done to us is the greatest think thift in the history of the world. >> i dont blame china. after all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens? is this i give china great credit. >> all right. look, no one can match their campaign rhetoric standing next to xi in beijing, but how do you reconcile those two things? the president blames his predecessors. how do you re...

The value-added tax china. >> in the grand scheme of a $500 billion trade deficit, the things that have been achieved thus far are pretty small. >> candidate trump vowed to redress the deficit. >> we turn it around. we have the cards. we have a lot of power. >> president trump saying in beijing that he doesnt blame china but his predecessors who allowed the deficit to grow. >> after all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens. ...